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Bus crash on icy Okla. interstate kills 2
Feb 18 2006 11:47PM (CT)
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) - A charter bus overturned along an icy interstate Saturday, killing a woman and an 8-year-old boy, and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.
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Storm cuts power throughout Northeast
Feb 18 2006 11:29PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - More than a quarter-million homes and businesses still lacked power across the Northeast on Saturday as temperatures plummeted following a storm with hurricane-force wind gusts that was blamed for four deaths.
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Firm sues to block foreign port takeover
Feb 18 2006 11:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A company at the Port of Miami has sued to block the takeover of shipping operations there by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates. It is the first American courtroom effort to capsize a $6.8 billion sale already embroiled in a national debate over security risks at six major U.S. ports affected by the deal.
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Official convicted in 'Tennessee Waltz'
Feb 18 2006 11:04PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Saturday convicted the first public official in an undercover corruption sting known as "Tennessee Waltz."
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Fugitive brothers caught after 15 years
Feb 18 2006 10:52PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two fugitive brothers suspected as potential domestic terrorists were found in southwestern New Mexico with stockpiles of drugs, weapons and about 200 pounds of explosives after 15 years on the run from authorities, a U.S. marshal said Saturday.
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Mardi Gras crowds small but celebratory
Feb 18 2006 10:05PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The first of the major Mardi Gras parades with marching bands, brightly decorated floats and flying plastic beads rolled down New Orleans' streets Saturday, greeted by small but celebratory crowds.
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Pat Robertson accused of damaging movement
Feb 18 2006 8:15PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Fellow conservative religious leaders have expressed concern and even open criticism over Pat Robertson's habit of shooting from the hip on his daily religious news-and-talk television program, "The 700 Club."
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NAACP wants New Orleans election delayed
Feb 18 2006 5:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Department of Justice should postpone upcoming elections in New Orleans until displaced voters have been located, NAACP officials said Saturday.
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Pataki to stay in hospital another day
Feb 18 2006 3:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Doctors said Saturday that Gov. George E. Pataki needs another day in the hospital to recover from an appendectomy, a spokesman said.
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Warehouse housing Christian business burns
Feb 18 2006 2:03PM (CT)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - A fire destroyed a warehouse where Christian-themed clothing was manufactured and religious phone-banking was conducted, authorities said.
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U.S. cities plan for bigger Mardi Gras
Feb 18 2006 1:43PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The aroma of spicy jambalaya lingers in the air of a theme park's newly erected French Quarter replica as Don Vappie gets ready to perform Al Hirt's "Bourbon Street Parade," a number he's played at Mardi Gras since he was a teen.
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L.A. deputies forced inmates to strip
Feb 18 2006 9:05AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than 100 inmates were forced to strip naked and had their mattresses removed for a day earlier this month as sheriff's officials tried to quell two weeks of violence in the Los Angeles County jail system, authorities said.
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Inmate captured 2 hours after she escaped
Feb 18 2006 5:59AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A series of escapes from the county jail was already bizarre: In one case, an inmate slipped into a laundry truck to flee. In another, a guard is accused of helping six others breaking out to boost the political campaign of a sheriff's candidate.
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Sex services in prostitution probes banned
Feb 18 2006 4:46AM (CT)
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) - The sheriff said Friday he will no longer allow detectives to receive sexual services while investigating suspected prostitution after they spent $1,200 at massage parlors last month and sparked a public outcry.
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Family want boot camp guards prosecuted
Feb 18 2006 4:24AM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - Lawmakers and the family of a teenager seen on videotape being kneed and struck by juvenile boot camp guards are calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the guards.
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Gestures can help soldiers, students alike
Feb 18 2006 4:14AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The unspoken can speak volumes when it comes to using gestures, say experts who point to the helping hand that nonverbal communications are lending from soldiers in Iraq to students in the classroom.
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U.S. sends help to landslide victims
Feb 18 2006 4:07AM (CT)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Two U.S. warships carrying 17 helicopters and 1,000 Marines have been diverted to the scene of a devastating landslide that may have killed up to 1,800 people in the Philippines, officials said Saturday.
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Crowds pile into 'fake' casino in Alabama
Feb 18 2006 3:21AM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Sitting at a video machine that operates almost exactly like every slot machine she's ever played, Debra Dennis believes she's gambling in a casino, even if the owner and a judge say she isn't.
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Lawmakers vote to put levees in La.'s care
Feb 18 2006 1:49AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Lawmakers voted Friday to merge the levee boards of southeast Louisiana, hoping to ease concerns in Congress that the state lacks effective oversight of its flood-control system.
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Bird's head reportedly found in bean can
Feb 18 2006 12:30AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A northern Illinois resident reported finding a bird's head in a can of pinto beans, prompting a Chicago-based food company to announce a voluntary recall on Friday.
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